The 2020–21 Men's FIH Pro League was the second season of the Pro League, the premier men's field hockey national team league series. The tournament started in January 2020 and finished in June 2021.[1]
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| Dates | 18 January 2020 – 27 June 2021 | ||
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| Teams | 9 (from 4 confederations) | ||
| Final positions | |||
| Champions |  Belgium (1st title) | ||
| Runner-up |  Australia | ||
| Third place |  Germany | ||
| Tournament statistics | |||
| Matches played | 50 | ||
| Goals scored | 248 (4.96 per match) | ||
| Top scorer(s) | Alexander Hendrickx (11 goals) | ||
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Format changes edit
The home and away principle was kept but this principle was split over two consecutive seasons from this season onwards and worked according to the following example:[1]
- in season 2020-21, Team A hosted Team B twice within a couple of days
- in season 2021-22:, Team B will host Team A twice within a couple of days
COVID-19 pandemic interruption edit
Due to the outbreak of COVID-19, Hockey Australia decided to suspend all international travels for its national teams until further notice in early March.[2] Later Hockey New Zealand took the same decision.[3]
Once declared as a pandemic on 11 March, the FIH and all participating National Associations involved in the competition decided to put all the matches scheduled until 15 April on hold. Furthermore, it was agreed that the current edition is maintained, no matches will be played after the Olympic Games and depending on the evolution of the situation and the decisions of the public authorities, every match which can be organized between late April and before the Olympics, shall be played.[4] On 19 March, it was announced by the FIH that all the matches scheduled to play until 17 May were put on hold.[5] On 24 April, the league was extended until June 2021.[6] The restart for September 2020, was announced on 9 July.[7] Because not all matches are due to be played before the end of the season, the final ranking will be determined by points percentage instead of total points.[8]
On 28 May, it was announced that despite the efforts of the involved federations, the matches set to play before the announcing date were going to be the last of the edition.[9]
Teams edit
Nine teams competed in a round-robin tournament, being played from January to June.
Argentina (4)
Australia (1)
Belgium (2)
Germany (6)
Great Britain (7)
India (5)
Netherlands (3)
New Zealand (9)
Spain (8)
Squads edit
Results edit
Standings edit
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | SOW | SOL | L | GF | GA | GD | PCT |
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| 1 | Belgium (C)
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14 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 40 | 26 | +14 | .762 |
| 2 | Australia
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10 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 36 | 23 | +13 | .667 |
| 3 | Germany
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10 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 26 | 23 | +3 | .633 |
| 4 |  India
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8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 17 | +5 | .625 |
| 5 |  Netherlands
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12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 32 | 29 | +3 | .583 |
| 6 |  Great Britain
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12 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 25 | 0 | .417 |
| 7 |  Argentina
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12 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 26 | 35 | −9 | .306 |
| 8 |  New Zealand
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10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 18 | 34 | −16 | .267 |
| 9 |  Spain
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12 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 23 | 36 | −13 | .250 |
Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals scored.[10]
(C) Champion
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals scored.[10]
(C) Champion
All times are local.[11]
Fixtures edit
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Goalscorers edit
There were 248 goals scored in 50 matches, for an average of 4.96 goals per match.
11 goals
10 goals
7 goals
6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
- Agustín Mazzilli
- Ignacio Ortiz
- Nathan Ephraums
- Jacob Anderson
- Eddie Ockenden
- Flynn Ogilvie
- Joshua Simmonds
- Jack Welch
- Jake Whetton
- Florent Van Aubel
- Tanguy Cosyns
- William Ghislain
- Simon Gougnard
- Antoine Kina
- Loïck Luypaert
- Emmanuel Stockbroekx
- Paul Dösch
- Florian Fuchs
- Luis Gill
- Mats Grambusch
- Paul-Philipp Kaufmann
- Timur Oruz
- Thies Prinz
- Moritz Röthlander
- Niklas Wellen
- Martin Zwicker
- David Condon
- Brendan Creed
- Alan Forsyth
- Ashley Jackson
- Harry Martin
- Luke Taylor
- Zach Wallace
- Jack Waller
- Vivek Prasad
- Amit Rohidas
- Gurjant Singh
- Ramandeep Singh
- Roel Bovendeert
- Jonas de Geus
- Robbert Kemperman
- Floris Wortelboer
- Cory Bennett
- Steve Edwards
- Dominic Newman
- Jared Panchia
- Blair Tarrant
- Dylan Thomas
- Nick Wilson
- José Basterra
- Xavi Lleonart
- Roc Oliva
- Viçens Ruiz
- Ricardo Sánchez
Source: FIH
See also edit
Notes edit
- ^ a b The matches, originally scheduled for 14 and 15 November 2020, were postponed by the request of the German team.[12]
- ^ a b The matches, originally scheduled for 24 and 25 April 2021, were postponed.[13]
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v The matches could not be rescheduled and were cancelled.[9]
References edit
- ^ a b "Executive Board approves 2020 and 2021 FIH Pro League match schedule principles". fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. 16 April 2019. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
- ^ "Australia matches planned in Europe put on hold". fihproleague.com. 10 March 2020. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
- ^ "New Zealand matches in the Netherlands and Germany put on hold". fihproleague.com. 10 March 2020. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
- ^ "FIH Hockey Pro League put on hold until 15 April". International Hockey Federation. 13 March 2020.
- ^ "FIH Hockey Pro League: Postponement extended to 17 May". International Hockey Federation. 19 March 2020.
- ^ "FIH Hockey Pro League Season 2 extended until June 2021". International Hockey Federation. 24 April 2020.
- ^ "Germany to host Belgium as "Hockey at its Best" restarts!". International Hockey Federation. 9 July 2020.
- ^ "Fih Hockey Pro League 2021-2022: Match Schedule Confirmed". fihproleague.com. 30 April 2021. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
- ^ a b "FIH Hockey Pro League: This Sunday is "winners' day"". fihproleague.com. 28 May 2021. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
- ^ FIH Pro League Competition Regulations November 2019
- ^ "FIH confirms venues and match timings of FIH Hockey Pro League 2020". fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. 18 November 2019. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
- ^ "Upcoming Home Games Against Germany in FIH Hockey Pro League Postponed". englandhockey.co.uk. 5 November 2020. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
- ^ "FIH Hockey Pro League: AUS-NZL to be played in June". fihproleague.com. 11 May 2021. Retrieved 11 May 2021.